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The planning meeting, third one, was Friday. I've made the changes to the drawings and I will email them tomorrow when I'm happy I've corrected any drawing errors. What concerns me is that the planning assistant said she will put the revised plans before her boss on Tuesday but if her boss still...

To say the bungalow is a friend's is not quite all true, it actually belongs to her and her siblings following the death of their father. She wants to buy them out, with their blessing, but only if she can get planning permission. Withdrawing the application then re-applying sets things back at...

Hi all, Can anyone tell me if it is possible to get a local planning authority to extend the 8 week determination period on a householder planning application and if it is how to go about it as I may need to modify my already modified plans. I've put in an application on a friends bungalow...

The space in front of the boiler because it’s fully used for linen storage. If I do mount the filter on the RHS wall then it will have to go at the front of the cupboard otherwise it will hinder removal/refitting of the case because the side gap is only about 55mm. The gap on the LHS is about...

Just had to clean return filter on old Bahama 100 boiler, which had blocked in a week after flushing and refill. There is no external sludge or sediment filtration fitted so I'm looking for recommendations of a suitable filter. Locations for the filter are very restricted due to no or very poor...

I know plasterboard is not good for tiling especially in a shower area but that what is originally there, so unless I rip the whole lot out I'm stick with it. I've managed to remove the bottom 2 rows of tiles from the block and plaster rear and right-hand sides walls and bottom 3 rows from the...

The paint that washes off was Homebase Brilliant White Matt Emulsion; this is now gone and the ceiling has been repainted with Dulux Vinyl Silk Emulsion then overpainted with Dulux Bathroom+. I used the ordinary vinyl silk to blanch the ceiling first and cover the repairs and so use less of the...

Thanks for the reply r896neo, much appreciated. I understand what you are saying and reading around, the installation is really bad but it is what I have to work with, that is, unless I rip it all out and start again, for which there is no money; plus the alcove is only 840mm wide, which I...

I ended up washing it off and then re-repairing the ceiling and then repainting.

Can anyone suggest a suitable trim/seal to fit between the top of a shower tray and the tiled walls that surround it on 3 sides. There is a gap between the side of the tray and the tiled finish of about 15mm on the left side, 25mm on the right side and 10mm on back, which makes using normal uPVC...

Reading around it seems this is/was quite a common problem a few years ago especially with Dulux paints. Perhaps this paint I've been using is some of that stuff. What-ever, I need to find a solution so I can confidently finish the job. I did notice when applying the second coat that the action...

I've just 2nd coated a friends shower room ceiling with some white matt emulsion paint they had in there garage. The paint is one of the well known DIY chains own brands; I don't know how old it is but it came in a modern plastic tub. My intention was to use this paint to build up a few layers...

Apologies, I duplicated the message

Baxi Bahama 100. I understand they were not very good but that's what it is

Would fluctuating mains gas pressure cause a combi boiler to intermittently make a droning (resonance) noise. The boiler is located in a cupboard and only makes the noise when the cupboard door is closed or nearly closed and usually occurs more often in the evening and only when it has been...

Trouble with pulling the ceiling down is that it isn't going to help if the problem is broken/slipped tile(s) or a split in the valley tray or a build up of debris on the outside of the valley not allowing the water to drain away quickly enough. The vertical side wall is solid brick or blocks...

Thanks for the info, very much appreciated. I put a dehumidifier in the room for a while and the damp patch appears to have almost dried out but I will not do the ceiling for a while to see if damp creeps back. Perhaps a bigger problem is that yesterday it lashed down with rain and 3 damp...

Here's a couple of photos and a layout diagram of the room. I hope the dark patch in the skeiling area shown in the first picture is left over damp from the steamer used to soften the original paint/distemper/textured finish although this area previously showed signs of mould:unsure:. For...

I'm hoping to skim a lime/sand/cement ceiling in a mid 1930's shower room of about 2.7m x 0.85m. The ceiling has a skeiling running the length of it with a radius corner between the slope and horizontal of about 150mm to 175mm. I'm happy with skimming the flat sections but the radius area is...

The surface is mid 1930's lime/sand cement plaster. I don't know if it is high or low suction; how do you tell? Water dabbed on it with a finger soaks in within 2 or 3 seconds and then starts to fade almost immediately in some areas but in other areas the droplet takes about 2 1/2 minutes to...